Ophir in the Bible

Meaning: fruitful region

Exact Match

And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageCommerceWeights Of GoldTalents

The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

Verse ConceptsGoldSeafaringCommerceShips For TradingJewellery

So Hiram sent ships to him by his servants along with crews of experienced seamen. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, took from there 17 tons of gold, and delivered it to King Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageOfficersSeafaringThe NavyCommerceMariners

In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Verse ConceptsBrooks

namely, wood; silver, which is brought out of Tarshish, and beaten to plates; and gold from Ophir, a work that is made with the hand of the craftsman and the caster, clothed with yellow silk and scarlet: even so is the work of their wise men altogether.

Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

Thematic Bible



And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

Kings daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.


And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;

I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

Kings daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.


And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.

And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.


and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.


Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.


And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.


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